Improvement in hames for harness



1.=. HAYDEN. HAMES FOR HARNESS.

Patented. M1115, 1876.

mamas, PHomLimoeRkPn ER, WASHINGTON u c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER HAYDEN, OF NEW YORK, N Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAMES FOR HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,626, dated February15, 1876; application filed December '11, 1s15.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER HAYDEN, of New York, in the State of New York,have made certain new and useful Improvements in Hames; and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification.

Hames of this class have heretofore been. made with a rib or band ofmetal on the outside, from the eye at the bottom to the ball at the top.The eye at bottom was in a separate piece, subsequently welded onto thesaid By my improvements I combine with the outside rib an interior one,extending from the eye up to the ball at top.

Second, I form the eye on these ribs, so that it .is continuoustherewith and not welded thereto.

Third, my improvements also consist in the method of forming'up thiseye, so that it shall be made on the ends of these ribs, and notbewelded thereto after' it is manufactured, as heretofore practiced in theart.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a hame constructed according to myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof, taken in the line as wof Fig.1. 'Fig. 3 is a bar of iron, out of which the ribs and eye aremade. Fig. 4 rep-' resents the'eye in an intermediate state of com'pletion, and Fig. 5 represents the eye and a portion of the ribs in thecompleted state. i

A is the wooden portion of the hame, made in its usual form, open on thesides bearing against the collar, and made flat on such sides. On theouter edge B is the usual rib or band of metal; but'in this instance theeye 0, at the lower end, is not welded to it. There is also another ribof metal, D, on the inner edge, there being no weld with it, either, ofthe eye.

It will be seen that the outer and inner edge and eye form a continuousband of metal around the wooden portion of the hame, and. without theweld, as has been heretofore practiced.

The method I adopt in order to effect this attaching of the eye to thetwo ribs is as follows: The bands of iron, like E, are first beaten outon one end of each sufficiently long to admit of two or more laps, whenplaced together,

as shown at F, Fig. 4. The parts so lapped are then heated and weldedtogether. Such weld is then placed in dies, and the shape shown at G,Fig. 5, obtained. The wooden portion A is now inserted between the ribsB and D, and the ball placed on their ends at the wooden part of thehame, just near its center. It is hereby strengthened at this pointwithout placing the user to the necessity of purchasing an all-irondevice to secure such increase of strength, with the attendantdisadvantage of increase of weight in the hame.

I claim 1. The outer and inner rib and eye of a hame made in acontinuous piece, substantially as described. 2. The method of formingthe eye of'a hame, substantially as described.

PETER HAYDEN. Witnesses: v

K. NEWELL, JAMES H. HUNTER.

